基于自适应连续蚁群算法的卫星星座设计(英文)

蚁群算法是一种解决多变量问题的新型启发式仿生算法。本文分析了卫星对地面的覆盖条件,提出用——/(n 1)重覆盖率来评价星座的覆盖性能,建立了以覆盖性能为目标函数的卫星星座参数优化模型。采用蚁群算法对卫星星座参数进行优化,为星座优化问题提供了一种新方法。在连续蚁群算法的基础上对算法进行改进,提出蚂蚁种群数量的自适应准则,有效的提高了搜索范围与收敛速度。通过仿真表明,与其他方法相比,蚁群算法在星座参数优化有着明显的效率。

Satellite Constellation Design with Adaptively Continuous Ant System Algorithm

The ant system algorithm (ASA) has proved to be a novel meta-heuristic algorithm to solve many multivariable problems. In this paper, the earth coverage of satellite constellation is analyzed and a (n 1)-fold coverage rate is put forward to evaluate the coverage performance of a satellite constellation. An optimization model of constellation parameters is established on the basis of the coverage performance. As a newly developed method, ASA can be applied to optimize the constellation parameters. In order to improve the ASA,a rule for adaptive number of ants is proposed, by which the search range is obviously enlarged and the convergence speed increased.Simulation results have shown that the ASA is more quick and efficient than other methods.